2014 FFSA GT Championship explained

The 2014 FFSA GT Championship season was the eighteenth season of the FFSA GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the French automobile club Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. The season started on 26 April at Le Mans and ended on 26 October at Le Castellet after seven double-header meetings.^[1]

The drivers' championship was won by IMSA Performance drivers Raymond Narac and Nicolas Armindo, finishing just two points of their nearest rivals, Henri Hassid and Mike Parisy. A further five points behind in third place were Saintéloc Racing's David Hallyday and Grégory Guilvert. Narac and Armindo won the most races during the season with three victories. Hassid, Parisy, Hallyday, Guilvert, Philippe Giauque, Morgan Moullin-Traffort, Jean-Claude Police, Soheil Ayari, all scored two wins during the season.^[2]

Race calendar and results

All races were held in France and were part of the GT Tour weekends, while Spa round was held and supported FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.^[1]

Round		Circuit	Date	Pole position
1	1	Bugatti Circuit, Le Mans	26 April	No. 50 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 51 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	1		26 April	Roland Bervillé	Henry Hassid Mike Parisy	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
	R2		27 April	No. 51 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 9 Team Duqueine	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R2		27 April	Mike Parisy	Jean-Claude Police Soheil Ayari	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
2	R1	Circuit de Lédenon	31 May	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	No. 21 Classic & Modern Racing
	R1			Raymond Narac	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Pierre Hirschi Thomas Nicolle
	R2			No. 50 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 50 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R2			Anthony Beltoise	Roland Bervillé Anthony Beltoise	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
3	R1	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	21 June	No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 1 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R1		21 June	Enzo Ide	Morgan Moullin-Traffort Philippe Giauque	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
	R2		22 June	No. 1 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 5 Belgian Audi Club Team WRT	No. 21 Classic & Modern Racing
	R2		22 June	Morgan Moullin-Traffort	Enzo Ide André Lotterer	Pierre Hirschi Thomas Nicolle
4	R1	Circuit du Val de Vienne, Le Vigeant	5 July	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	No. 1 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R1		5 July	Raymond Narac	Morgan Moullin-Traffort Philippe Giauque	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
	R2		6 July	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	No. 42 Saintéloc Racing	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R2		6 July	Nicolas Armindo	David Hallyday Grégory Guilvert	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
5	R1	Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours	6 September	No. 51 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 20 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 21 Classic & Modern Racing
	R1		6 September	Henry Hassid	Ludovic Badey Jean-Luc Beaubelique	Pierre Hirschi Thomas Nicolle
	R2		7 September	No. 42 Saintéloc Racing	No. 9 Team Duqueine	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R2		7 September	Grégory Guilvert	Jean-Claude Police Soheil Ayari	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
6	R1	Circuit Paul Armagnac, Nogaro	27 September	No. 1 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 42 Saintéloc Racing	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R1		27 September	Philippe Giauque	David Hallyday Grégory Guilvert	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
	R2		28 September	No. 51 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 51 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 21 Classic & Modern Racing
	R2		28 September	Mike Parisy	Henry Hassid Mike Parisy	Pierre Hirschi Thomas Nicolle
7	R1	Circuit Paul Ricard, Le Castellet	25 October	No. 1 Team Sofrev ASP	No. 76 IMSA Performance Matmut	No. 350 Team Duqueine
	R1		25 October	Philippe Giauque	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon
	R2		26 October	No. 50 Sébastien Loeb Racing	No. 4 Sport Garage	No. 888 Team Duqueine
	R2		26 October	Anthony Beltoise	Gilles Vannelet Enzo Guibbert	Ange Barde Olivier Grotz

Standings

Drivers' championship

Pos	Driver	LMS		LÉD		SPA		VDV		MAG		NOG		LEC		Points
1	Raymond Narac Nicolas Armindo	3	7	1	4	2	1	8	7	2	3	Ret	5	1	5	177
2	Henri Hassid Mike Parisy	1	5	Ret	6	2	3	6	4	3	5	2	1	7	9	175
3	David Hallyday Grégory Guilvert	2	12	5	2	3	5	7	1	7	8	1	16	5	3	170
4	Philippe Giauque Morgan Moullin-Traffort	5	Ret	2	Ret	1	14	1	2	8	2	DSQ	7	3	22	140
5	Eric Debard Olivier Panis	9	Ret	3	7	6	4	4	3	9	4	4	DSQ	6	2	125
6	Arno Santamato	4	Ret	4	3	8	Ret	3	5	6	7	DSQ	6	2	4	122
7	Jean-Claude Police Soheil Ayari	6	1	6	5	7	6	2	Ret	4	1	DSQ	8	DSQ	Ret	110
8	Éric Cayrolle			4	3	8	Ret	3	5	6	7	DSQ	6	2	4	110
9	Jean-Luc Beaubelique Ludovic Badey	8	Ret	7	8	Ret	5	11	6	1	6	DSQ	2	4	7	103
10	Roland Bervillé Anthony Beltoise	11	Ret	8	1	Ret	10	5	Ret	5	9	3	3	8	Ret	91
11	Gilles Vannelet	7	2	9	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	DNS	11	Ret	DSQ	4	15	1	73
12	Vincent Abril	10	3	11	10	4	12					6	9	12	8	50
13	Enzo Guibbert									11	Ret	DSQ	4	15	1	37
14	Bruce Lorgeré-Roux	7	2	9	Ret	5	Ret	Ret	DNS							36
15	Laurent Cazenave	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	10	8	10	10	5	Ret	DSQ	8	23
16	Jérôme Demay			11	10	4	12	12	Ret							17
17	Nicolas Metairie	6	9	10	9									12	7	17
18	Matthieu Lecuyer	10	3													16
19	Pascal Destembert	Ret	4	10	9			12	Ret							15
19	Rémy Deguffroy	Ret	4	10	9											15
20	Grégoire Demoustier	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	9					9	17	14
21	Claude Degremont											5	Ret	DSQ	8	14
22	Stéphane Lémeret	4	Ret													12
23	Laurent Coubard	DNS	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	9	9	9							12
24	Tony Samon	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	13	10	8	Ret	DNS			21	10	8
25	Jean Glorieux									10	10					2
26	Fabien Barthez													9	17	2
27	Nick Catsburg									Ret	DNS			21	10	1
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Enzo Ide André Lotterer					12	1									0
	Christian Ried Matthieu Vaxivière													Ret	6	0
	Michel Nourry David Loger	13	7													0
	Thomas Jäger Mario Plachutta													10	13	0
	Eric Clement Olivier Pla													11	21	0
	Cédric Leimer Jonathan Cochet									12	15					0
	Jean-Paul Buffin Edward Sandström													13	14	0
	Benoît Tréluyer Yves Weerts					13	15									0
	Renaud Derlot Gérard Tonelli			Ret	13											0
	Patrice Garrouste Marc Guillot			DNS	DNS											0
Coupe de France
1	Gilles Duqueine Philippe Colançon	14	6	Ret	11	9	Ret	13	9	13	12	DSQ	9	14	16	416
2	Pierre Hirschi Thomas Nicolle	15	8	12	15	Ret	8	14	10	14	13	9	11	20	15	411
3	Gilles Lallement	16	11	13	12	11	16	Ret	11	Ret	14	10	Ret	Ret	DNS	211
4	Jean-Paul Buffin	17	9	Ret	14	Ret	11	Ret	11			10	Ret			106
5	Fabrice Rossello	16	11	13	12											92
6	Marc Sourd			Ret	14	Ret	11			Ret	14					70
7	Jean-Claude Lagniez					11	16									70
8	Jacques Wolf	17	9													36
Guest drivers ineligible for points
	Ange Barde Olivier Grotz													16	11	0
	Cédric Mézard Philippe Arrobio													17	18	0
	Florent Petit Julien Goujat													18	19	0
	Franck Labescat Christian Philippon													19	20	0
	Pierre Sancinena													Ret	DNS	0
Pos	Driver	LMS		LÉD		SPA		VDV		MAG		NOG		LEC		Points

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

External links

- FFSA GT on RacingSportCars

Notes and References

Web site: CALENDRIER 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131123074952/http://www.gt-tour.fr/calendrier/?varsaison=2014. dead. 23 November 2013. GT Tour. Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. French. 3 May 2015.
Web site: Championnat de France FFSA GT 2014 standings. driverdb.com. Driver Database. 3 May 2015.